招贤纳士 — Chinese idiom
招贤纳士
zhāo xián nà shì
Traditional: 招賢納士
Meaning
- invite the talented and call the valorous ; to recruit talent
Character by character
- 招zhāoto summon; to recruit; to levy
- 贤xiánvirtuous, worthy; good, able
- 纳nàto adopt, to accept; to receive, to take
- 士shìscholar, gentleman; soldier
Idioms sharing a character
- 招兵买马 zhāo bīng mǎi mǎ
- 招摇撞骗 zhāo yáo zhuàng piàn
- 招摇过市 zhāo yáo guò shì
- 招蜂引蝶 zhāo fēng yǐn dié
- 招降纳叛 zhāo xiáng nà pàn
- 招风惹草 zhāo fēng rě cǎo
- 扬幡招魂 yáng fān zhāo hún
- 树大招风 shù dà zhāo fēng
- 目挑心招 mù tiǎo xīn zhāo
- 花枝招展 huā zhī zhāo zhǎn
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